I am fairly new to this thread but I wanted to ask this question.For Fall 2010 I am applying to University of Texas, University of Washington, and University of Southern California. All have pros and cons in my opinion but I want to work in Southern California and they say you should go to USC (I want to work in retail). But others say the name brand of UT and UW is good enough that if I work hard and be active in pharmacy activities, internships, I can land a job in Southern CA. The problem is that I may not be admitted to USC and even then I cannot afford it (240K, dont qualify for financial aid). Can anybody give any insight to this. Also can anybody give me the pros and cons of each school.
First, if you're not a Texas resident, it will almost be impossible to get accepted into UT. UW also prefers Washington state residents although easier to get accepted if you are out of state. Also, if you are sure you want to do retail, it won't matter where you go to. You can go to Central Valley College of Pharmacy and still get a job in retail.
Hey boltdude, thanks for the reply. I am aware that the public schools have state legislature that says they can only take in a certain number of students, but I talked to both admissions directors at UT and UW and they said that state residency is not that much of a factor if you have a good GPA and good PCAT scores. they also said that a admission decision has never come down to a student being rejected due to a being an out of state student. Also, since you said that it wont matter where I go for retail can I still get a job in Southern CA with a no name college or are my chances better by going to USC Pharmacy school?
Hi BoltDude, I don't think it is impossible for out-of-state students to gain acceptance into UT. It's because not many out-of-state students apply. In 2009, there are a total of 41 out of state students who applied. 12 of 41 students of the out-of-staters got accepted. A pretty decent number: 29% of those applied.
agree with RaneyNi there. I'm out of state and just got accepted at UT on my first try there. I did have the mindset going in that "they don't accept many out of staters, so I probably won't get in," but I applied anyway since it was my top choice. Like he said, they don't accept many out of staters b/c not many apply. I brought this issue up during my interview, asking if it would adversely affect my chance of admission, and my interviewers said the same thing about nonresidents: small number accepted b/c small number apply.
Hey By3Times1Minus1, congrats on your admission to UT. Not sure if you can answer this but do you know if going to UT helps in landing a job in Cali or at least there is some networking going. I heard UT is good for networking.
No, sorry. I quit looking at anything to do with Cali because of the high cost of living and tuition there. It would be a great place to live if you can afford it. I don't know anything about landing a job there though. I have heard that they have a licensing exam separate from the NAPLEX, though (this is just hearsay, never researched it myself). That may be why it's harder to land a job. Maybe other schools don't prepare you as well for the Cali version of the NAPLEX or something. Good luck to you.
I heard Cali has some MPJE test of its own that you cant reciprocate unlike other states (meaning Washington license transfers to Nevada license without testing again). I think 5 years ago the Cali MPJE was tough for out of state ppl but now i heard its like a 90% chance of passing it, California Board of Pharmacy has the statistics online i believe. Does anybody if going out of state really affect my chances to work in Southern CA retail even with good grades/recommendations?


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HONG KONG, Jan 13, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - The 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) opened this morning and runs for two days at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). Under the theme "Redefining Growth: Innovation, Breakthrough, Inclusiveness", the event brings together more than 100 influential global financial experts, policymakers, business leaders, economists and investors to examine the current global economic landscape and share insights on the environment businesses will face in the coming year.
The 13th Asian Financial Forum (AFF) opened at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre this morning. Under the theme "Redefining Growth: Innovation, Breakthrough, Inclusiveness", AFF 2020 features more than 100 speakers from around the world examining the current global economic landscape, discussing topical issues and exploring new opportunities.
Dr. Janet L. Yellen, Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (2014–2018)
The newly launched FintechHK Startup Salon presents a plethora of next-generation business ideas from financial institutions and technology firms from Hong Kong and beyond.
This year's AFF will feature discussions on a wide range of issues including the new global economy, fintech, sustainable and inclusive development and green finance, offering participants a head start in identifying new economic challenges and opportunities.
Overcoming obstacles and moving forward
Margaret Fong, HKTDC Executive Director, and Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, officiated at this morning's opening ceremony. In her welcome remarks, Ms Fong stated that the global economy will continue to face challenges against the backdrop of the Sino-US trade dispute and increasing geopolitical tension. At the same time, Hong Kong is also expected to experience unprecedented challenges in the face of a difficult local and international economic environment. However, she also pointed that the city has always shown great perseverance and will continue to adapt to an ever-changing business environment.
Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, said in her opening remarks: "Hong Kong, with its strategic regional location and its extensive, ever-deepening cultural and financial links with the mainland, is China's international financial centre, contributing to the sustainable progress of the country, the region and the world." She added that the Asian Financial Forum represents Hong Kong's wide-ranging strengths and resilience as an economy and a community.
Dr. Janet L. Yellen shares perspectives on monetary policy
The keynote luncheons at the AFF are always highly anticipated. The keynote speaker on the first day this year was Dr. Janet L. Yellen, Chair, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System (2014-2018), in a session moderated by Norman Chan, Senior Advisor of the Hong Kong Academy of Finance. Dr Yellen shared her perspectives on the independence of central banks and the implementation of monetary policy, and also offered her views on the global economy and the impact of the Sino-US trade conflict. Dr Yellen took questions from the audience on related issues.
Heavyweight international speakers address how to redefine growth
The AFF opened with a plenary session titled "Redefining Growth: Innovation, Breakthrough, Inclusiveness" at which policymakers shared their insights and expertise on innovative ways to provide impetus to the development of the financial services sector, and how to enhance inclusive development amidst increasing challenges in the global macro-environment. Heavyweight international speakers included Jin Liqun, President and Chairman, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank; Peter Szijjarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Hungary; and Uttama Savanayana, Minister of Finance, Thailand.
The outlook for 2020 is riddled with uncertainties. At the Policy Dialogue session, "Global Outlook and Opportunities for 2020", international financial experts came together to share their thoughts on the global outlook in the face of risks such as unsustainable corporate debt levels, volatile capital flows and disrupted supply chains due to geopolitical tensions, and examine how policymakers can support the economy and financial institutions. Chaired by Arthur Yuen, Deputy Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, this session featured distinguished guests including Sergey Shvetsov, First Deputy Governor of the Bank of Russia; Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board, Deutsche Bundesbank; and Martin Raiser, Country Director for China and Mongolia, and Director for Korea, World Bank Group.
ESG and sustainability key global issue
Four panel discussions were held in the afternoon today including "Evolution of Global Trade and Supply Chain Finance", which examined the impact of supply chain finance and assessed emerging trends with a focus on driving innovative and inclusive solutions that can support SMEs, sustainability and emerging markets. Speakers included Natalie Blyth, Group General Manager, Global Head of Global Trade and Receivables Finance, HSBC; William Fung, Group Chairman, Li & Fung Limited; Salman Fazlur Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh and Chairman, IFIC Bank Limited; and Bill Winters, Group Chief Executive, Standard Chartered PLC.
The panel discussion on "Asset and Wealth Management in Asia: New Frontiers, Challenges and Opportunities" discussed relevant market developments in Asia and examined how industry players can better position themselves to embrace and capitalise on opportunities in the region. The panellists included Howard Lee, Deputy Chief Executive, Hong Kong Monetary Authority; Geraldine Buckingham, Chair of Asia Pacific, BlackRock; Suyi Kim, Senior Managing Director, Head of Asia Pacific, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB); Julia Leung, Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, Intermediaries, Securities and Futures Commission; and Amy Lo, Chairman, Executive Committee, Private Wealth Management Association and Head and Chief Executive, UBS Hong Kong Branch.
The panel discussion on "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)" examined the importance of impact investing, with the panellists - Yasuyuki Kawasaki, Deputy Chairman of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group; Arnout van Rijn, Chief Investment Officer Asia Pacific and Fund Manager, Robeco Asia-Pacific Equities and Robeco Asian Stars Equities; and Andrew Yan, Founding Managing Partner, SAIF Partners - giving insights on the value of ESG integration. The final panel discussion, "Insurance and Inclusive Growth in Asia", included Moses Cheng, Chairman, Insurance Authority; Winnie Wong, Board Member of the Financial Services Development Council, CEO of Asia Insurance Co Ltd and CEO & Executive Director at Avo Insurance Co, Ltd; Franz Hahn, CEO, Peak Reinsurance Ltd; Kevin Strain, Executive Vice-President and Chief Financial Officer, Sun Life Financial; Gordon Watson, Chief Executive Officer, AXA Asia; James Turner, Group Chief Risk Officer and Executive Director, Prudential plc; and Clarence Wong, Chief Economist Asia, Swiss Re. The panellists shared views on strategies for tapping insurance market opportunities in the region while supporting inclusive growth.
InnoTalks series to explore virtual banking and financial innovation
The second day of the AFF tomorrow will feature more stimulating and thought-provoking sessions. The Breakfast Panel, sponsored by Hong Kong's Financial Services Development Council, will explore the city's role in an ever-changing international trade environment and examine the latest trends and strategies. The InnoTalks series returns with various workshops exploring a wide range of technological issues relevant to the financial sector, including virtual banking and trade finance, financial innovation and digital currency, artificial intelligence, cyber security, fintech, innovative partnerships driving healthcare delivery, and entrepreneurship in the global start-up ecosystem.
The keynote luncheon on the second day will feature Abhijit Banerjee, winner of the 2019 Nobel Prize in Economics and Ford Foundation Professor of Economics of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prof Banerjee will address the subject of financial inclusion and share his thoughts on the economic policies and financial inclusion progress in developing countries, and India in particular.
Fintech Showcase returns with inaugural FintechHK Startup Salon
Launched last year, the Fintech Showcase returns in 2020, together with the inaugural FintechHK Startup Salon, to present a plethora of fintech innovations and next-generation business ideas from more than 80 fintech start-ups as well as leading financial institutions and technology firms from Hong Kong and beyond, including Assured Asset Management, BOCHK, CICC, HKT, NEC, Ping An OneConnect Bank and Standard Chartered Bank.
AFF Deal Flow Matchmaking promotes start-up collaboration
This year's forum once again features the AFF Deal Flow Matchmaking session, co-organised with the Hong Kong Venture Capital and Private Equity Association, to provide deal-sourcing and matchmaking meetings for project owners and investors. Involving more than 500 investment projects, the session covers manufacturing, green technology, the Internet of Things (IoT), fintech and healthtech. Around 700 one-to-one meetings are expected to be arranged. The InnoVenture Salon is back for the third time on an expanded scale and with enriched content, making it the ideal platform to connect start-ups with potential investors and partners. Through the Startup Zone, Fireside Chat, Pitching, Startup Clinic, one-to-one matchmaking meetings as well as meetups with Hong Kong regulators and market facilitators, comprehensive support will be provided to facilitate the development of start-ups.
Websites- Asian Financial Forum: http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/aff2020/en/main/index.html- AFF programme: http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/aff2020/en/s/programme.html- AFF speakers: http://www.hktdc.com/ncs/aff2020/en/s/speakers.html- International Financial Week Website: http://www.internationalfinancialweek.com- Photo download: https://bit.ly/3a80s8u
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) is a statutory body established in 1966 to promote, assist and develop Hong Kong's trade. With 50 offices globally, including 13 in Mainland China, the HKTDC promotes Hong Kong as a two-way global investment and business hub. The HKTDC organises international exhibitions, conferences and business missions to create business opportunities for companies, particularly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in the mainland and international markets. The HKTDC also provides up-to-date market insights and product information via trade publications, research reports and digital news channels. For more information, please visit: www.hktdc.com/aboutus. Follow us on Twitter @hktdc and LinkedIn.
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Mary J. Ziolkowski, 84, Wisconsin Rapids, a town of Stockton native, died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Edgewater Haven Nursing Home in Port Edwards.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 26, at Our Lady Queen of Heaven Catholic Church in Wisconsin Rapids, with the Rev. Mark Miller officiating. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery in Wisconsin Rapids.
Visitation will be at the church from 9:30 a.m. Tuesday until the services.
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Mrs. Ziolkowski was born Aug. 22, 1931, in the town of
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brothers, Carl Klesmith, Edwin Klesmith, Stanley Klesmith and Hubert Klesmith; two
sisters, Henrietta Balazo and Wanda Gierszewski; and 10 grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son, Randy Ziolkowski;
three sisters, Dorothy Peplinski, Delores Gilmeister and Helen Gierszewski; and
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IPL 2020: Does MS Dhoni need to look at other players for the finisher's role?
Does MS Dhoni need to look at other players for the finisher's role?
The thirteenth season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2020) is operating in a plentiful fledge and many of its certainties and uncertainties are noted by cricket devotees. One of the most prominent shocks that IPL fans have observed is the terrible form of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK).
Despite the fact that they are three times IPL winner, the awful performance by the skipper MS Dhoni has made the franchise struggle. They are yet to finalize their perfect playing XI as the order keeps on rotating. There are multiple factors that are hitting the side badly as Dhoni's batting at the lowest-order is criticized. It would not have been subjected to criticism if he would not have scored a total of 102 runs in his 5 innings of the ongoing season.
Another thing that has been terrorizing for them is Kedar Jadhav's offensive performance. In short, it can be stated that he costed the last game to the team. Also, he was not supported to bowl in CSK's last game as before that, he had affirmed a high economy of 9.55 and striking only three wickets in five matches.
Brian Lara, after analyzing the situation, has said that it is time for MS Dhoni to hand over his position to any other player who can utilize it well. He further added that Captain Cool can bat freely at the top-order.
"It's a bit puzzling (Dhoni inability to finish). You feel that he has created that position where he can be flexible with himself but I think he needs to maybe look at some other players," Brian Lara told Star Sports.
Consequently, Brian Lara believes that things are wrong for CSK. He said Dhoni should try Kedar Jadhav at the finisher instead of himself as he has not worked yet. Although he replaced his position to number four in the last encounter against the KKR but could not develop what was needed as he fell for 11 off 12.
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Climate Denial Crock of the Week
with Peter Sinclair
Poll: Green New Deal is Wildly Popular
Yale Program on Climate Communications:
Some members of Congress are proposing a "Green New Deal" for the U.S. They say that a Green New Deal will produce jobs and strengthen America's economy by accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy. The Deal would generate 100% of the nation's electricity from clean, renewable sources within the next 10 years; upgrade the nation's energy grid, buildings, and transportation infrastructure; increase energy efficiency; invest in green technology research and development; and provide training for jobs in the new green economy.
While the Green New Deal has been a fixture of the post-election news cycle, and at least 40 members of Congress (to date) have endorsed the idea, little is known about the American public's support for or opposition to it. To inform this question, we surveyed a nationally-representative sample of registered voters in the United States.
In the survey, we showed respondents a brief description of the Green New Deal, which was identical to the first paragraph of this report (above). The description was followed by the question "How much do you support or oppose this idea?"
The survey results show overwhelming support for the Green New Deal, with 81% of registered voters saying they either "strongly support" (40%) or "somewhat support" (41%) this plan.
Gizmodo:
The Green New Deal is popping. New polling released on Friday by the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication shows that 81 percent of respondents across the political spectrum support the progressive plan to combat climate change by rapidly weaning the U.S. off fossil fuels.
The findings are stunning but also come with a couple caveats, namely that most people haven't heard much about the Green New Deal, and they may not know of its connection to incoming representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a bete noire in the right wing fever swamps. Still, the fact that the idea enjoys broad support in a semi-vacuum shows that before Americans descend into their political bunkers, progressive policies are actually quite popular.
The Green New Deal is a set of aspirational goals in line with the best available climate science. Among those goals are switching the U.S. electrical grid to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030, improving energy efficiency, and setting up policies for a green jobs guarantee while planning a just transition for fossil fuel workers as they move into new economic sectors. If it sounds good to you, you're not alone.
The new polling numbers (which are based on online polling of 966 registered voters) show that 81 percent of respondents support this idea either "somewhat" or "strongly". That includes 92 percent of Democrats, 88 percent of Independents, and even 64 percent of Republicans. The numbers are markedly higher than similar polling done by progressive think tank Data for Progress earlier this year. There's no set plan for how to get there, but that's why groups like the Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats have been lobbying for Democratic leadership in the House to setup a select committee to create that plan.
Yale again:
As expected, support is strongest among Democrats (92%). But a large majority of Republicans (64%) – including conservative Republicans (57%) – also support the policy goals in our description of the Green New Deal.
Notably, although our description of the Deal accurately provided details about the proposal, it did not mention that the Green New Deal is championed by Democratic members of Congress such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and John Lewis (D-GA). Other research has shown that people evaluate policies more negatively when they are told it is backed by politicians from an opposing political party. Conversely, people evaluate the same policy more positively when told it is backed by politicians from their own party.
Therefore, these findings may indicate that although most Republicans and conservatives are in favor of the Green New Deal's policies in principle, they are not yet aware that this plan is proposed by the political Left. For any survey respondents who were previously unaware of the Deal, it is likely that their reactions have not yet been influenced by partisan loyalty.
Anticipating and making the public aware of potential arguments that may be used against the Green New Deal may also help maintain public support for it. In contrast, partisan framing in communicating about the Green New Deal – by either the Right or the Left – could activate partisan associations and erode the existing bipartisan support for the concept.
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4 Responses to "Poll: Green New Deal is Wildly Popular"
dumboldguy Says:
Good news as far as it goes—-unfortunately, we can expect the Repugnants to move more heavily into "oppose" land once the details of the plan become better understood. It's just the nature of the beast.
rsmurf Says:
Proof republicans are still in the Stone Age!
Sir Charles Says:
I think people in the Stone Age were more social than this pack.
The most troubling thing is 81% strongly or somewhat support, yet we have no action. Looks like disinformation, and or corporations blocking is the problem.
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What you aren't told about the new cold war with Russia
By Larry Kummer, Editor / 6 Comments / 15 December 2018 15 December 2018
Summary: Every day brings another propaganda barrage to start a new cold war. The mainstream media uncritically broadcasts the government's messages. Only fringe sources reveal the rest of the story. Like the information given here.
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"Russian accounts fuel French outrage online"
By Rhys Blakely in the London Times, 8 December 2018.
"Hundreds of social media accounts linked to Russia have sought to amplify the street protests that have rocked France, according to analysis seen by The Times.
"The network of accounts has circulated messages on Twitter that focus on the violence and chaos of the yellow vest or gilet jauneriots. As the unrest began last month, a group of about 200 monitored accounts was churning out approximately 1,600 tweets and retweets a day. A large proportion of the accounts appear to be so-called "sock puppets", which purport to be run by westerners.
"According to an analysis by New Knowledge, a cybersecurity company, the accounts have spread disinformation, using photographs of injured protesters from other events to bolster a narrative of brutality by French police. …"
They're allegedly doing 1600 tweets per day. There are almost 14 million tweets containing the phrase "gilet jaune." Plus uncounted millions more discussing the "gilet jeaun" movement without mentioning the name. Carefully avoiding this information flags this London Times article as propaganda. This is the same fraud that US intel agencies ran about the 2016 election.
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"There Is No "Russian Disinformation" to Counter"
By David Macilwain at the American Herald Tribune, 13 December 2018.
Posted under their Creative Commons license.
An article published in the London Times has claimed that the "Gilets Jaunes" protests in France are being stoked by "the Kremlin", citing researches by "New Knowledge, a cybersecurity company in the US". This might be expected from the right-wing Murdoch tabloid, no stranger to such anti-Russian propaganda. And seeing as the report is behind a paywall, our curiosity to know more is conveniently limited.
But we hardly need to consider anymore the possible role of "Russian misinformation" in fueling protests which so evidently gathered wide support and from different sections of the community. The fledgling "Yellow Vests" movement put out some sort of platform statement, of 25 "propositions to end the crisis", which clearly represents a variety of viewpoints – and though it has an overall socialist and social justice slant, its focus is on long-standing gripes of the working class and "peripherique". In a sea of opinion and speculation, the founding editor of the American Conservative Scott McConnell has this useful analysis of the movement, with a conclusion worth quoting:
"It's far from obvious that the Macron government has the fiscal strength to pursue both the pro-capitalist economic reform it seeks and placate the Gilet Jaunes. France is now a country both mobilized and tired of disruption at the same time, and many disparate social forces are in fierce contention. The one thing that feels certain is that the economic and social model that has reigned in France and throughout much of Europe for the past generation, under the twin pillars of neoliberal economics and high rates of immigration, is under unprecedented duress. It is being attacked at once by a nationalist and sovereigntist right, a multicultural left, and an older left still comfortable with class warfare language. What model will emerge to replace it?"
Some of the more radical demands of the Gilets Jaunes extend beyond domestic and social policies, protesting against France's role in NATO and in "FranceAfrique." And it's evident here that if the Kremlin was really busy stirring up the protests in its own interests, it doesn't appear to have had much success – there is no specific mention of France's involvement in Syria, Yemen or Ukraine. Given that France has recently played a positive role at the Istanbul meeting on Syria, as well as previously in the Minsk agreements, this could actually be a sign of genuine enlightenment in the ranks of the protestors. None of this, however, seems to concern the "analysts" who advise the "EU vs Disinfo" network, which tweeted the Times report approvingly under its "EU Mythbusters" label, saying …
"Worship chaos! Super active Twitter accounts spread false narratives on violence during Gilets Jaunes protests… links of 200 profiles to Russia"
Commenters on the twitter post seem unconvinced, and resort to posting photo-shopped images showing Putin amongst the crowds on the Champs Elysee. But sadly this rather misses the point, as the Atlantic Council's latest effort to protect their European friends from Russia's media is much cleverer and much more devious than that. It is the threat from this NATO cyber-warfare against Russia which now merits our attention, and alarm.
Rather than claim the Kremlin is trying to dupe people into supporting Russia's viewpoint, the object of the EU vs Disinfo project, and its related site the Disinfo Portal, is to build a picture of Russia as a destabilizing and destructive "pariah state".
As it ambiguously describes itself, this site is a doorway into an Alice in Wonderland world of Disinformation, collecting reports from a whole network of similar NGOs, think tanks and "experts", such as Bret Schafer, "social media analyst" and Communications officer for the Alliance for Securing Democracy.
Schafer's paper, supported by the German Marshall Fund of the US – "Strengthening Transatlantic cooperation", reviews the research on Russia's Twitter operations in the US, and concludes that …
"Analysis of Russia's ongoing social media operations reveals that efforts to interfere in elections are but one tactical objective in a long-term strategy to increase polarization and destabilize society, and to undermine faith in democratic institutions."
Schafer elaborates further.
"Part of the problem is framing. Much of the conversation around the Russian government's online information operations has focused on its hand in the creation or promotion of demonstrably false information. The tendency to associate information operations with falsehoods or wild conspiracy theories misses an important point: the vast majority of content promoted by Russian linked networks is not, strictly speaking, 'fake news.'
"Instead, it is a mixture of half-truths and selected truths, often filtered through a deeply cynical and conspiratorial worldview. For this reason, the term "information manipulation" — a phrase popularized in the excellent French report by the same name, is a more accurate description of Russian efforts to shape the information space, as it is not limited by the definitional constraints of terms like disinformation or propaganda."
Other reports presented through the Disinfo Portal – whose focus is almost entirely on Russia – reveal a whole network of organizations in the US and Europe working on similar fronts, and with teams of experts and advisers to provide appropriate background and research information. That the fibers in this disinformation web mostly lead back to the same spider is no surprise, but no help either; the spider has laid its eggs at every intersection of this net.
Here, for instance, are details of a research project to see how social media is influencing 18 – 24 year-olds in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
"'From Online Battlefield to Loss of Trust?' sheds further light on young people's consumption of information and disinformation. The report is based on research conducted among 18-24 year olds residing in Central and Southeastern Europe for the purposes of Countering Disinformation in the V4 Region: Mapping Needs, Building Capacity and Generating Civic Activism, a project that's financially supported by the US Department of State."
The report is attributed to the "Globsec Policy Institute" based in Bratislava. Globsec – "Ideas Shaping the World" – is a Strategic Communications project of the US State Dept. No doubt the US also supports the partner NGOs involved in this project to "generate Civic Activism" in the targeted countries …
"Partners include the "Euro-Atlantic council of Macedonia" (whose logo is like NATO's), the International and Security Affairs Centre in Serbia, and the Center for Propaganda and Disinformation Analysis in Poland."
Exploring this mirrored catacomb it becomes hard to remember just who is the target, and who is doing the targeting in "countering disinformation"; imagining that this is a battle between two competing viewpoints and ideologies is one trap that skeptics of the Atlantic viewpoint might well fall into.
But it is a trap; there is no "Russian disinformation" to counter. Like a "straw-man" argument, these networks have created the disinformation they now pretend to counter.
Although some activities – like talking to young people about social topics – may seem benign, the motives of those behind this global campaign are anything but. This becomes clear when we look at the activities of another "partner" organization – the "Integrity Initiative."
Brought to light by Anonymous in November, the Integrity Initiative is yet another Atlantic Council related "initiative" to disseminate misleading stories about Russia and support "special initiatives" in the propaganda war against her leadership and media. At the top of the list of such initiatives must be the Skripal operation, and the group's lead author Dan Kaszeta has a series of articles aimed at countering the exposure of this criminal fraud. This one contains a wealth of plausible misinformation aimed at explaining the impossible contradictions in the story of the world's deadliest yet most innocuous poison.
Kaszeta claims a background in chemical weapons technology, and evidently has inside information on its home in the UK at Porton Down. This article is a cleverly composed defense of the apparent control room for the Salisbury Novichok operation, which resembles the very sort of misinformation described by Bret Schafer, quoted above. By holding up and then demolishing "absurd Kremlin theories" about Porton Down that the Russian Foreign Ministry never put forward, Kaszeta dodges the actual challenge – explaining how Novichok from Porton Down came to be in the OPCW samples.
While that article was written back in July, the recent appearance of the BBC Panorama "Inside Story" of the Salisbury Nerve Agent attack was evidently cooked up in the same Disinfo Lab.
It can be seen that these networks, devised and funded primarily by the US and UK governments, have overwhelmed the "information space" already dominated by Western media in a way that alternative opinion and truth – "Russian disinformation" – simply cannot rival. And unlike the relatively independent and non-commercial state-supported media of RT and Sputnik, their agenda is both political and malignant.
Unlike the claims against Russia of sowing disunity and confusion, NATO's disinformation networks are coordinated and targeted, and effective in pursuit of their governments' strategic agenda. This last article link completes the picture, detailing the successful sabotaging of the democratic process by the Integrity Initiative's "Spanish Cluster". It is reassuring that at least one MP finds this intolerable!
David Macilwain writes a lot. His articles appear in many forums. A quick check found no biographical details or reviews of his work.
About the American Herald Tribune
I don't trust the Media Bias Fact Check, but their review of the AHT seems plausible. They mention that it prints much controversial material, some of which is provably false. Typical of what's found on the political fringes. They also say.
"In review, the American Herald Tribune features a wide variety of writers from diverse backgrounds. The main theme of the website is human rights. Most articles do not utilize loaded language and many are sourced properly."
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Kaszeta dodges the actual challenge – explaining how Novichok from Porton Down came to be in the OPCW samples.
What is the evidence showing that this happened?
henrik,
Almost all the evidence comes from statements by government officials. What's odd is that their statements "evolve", and often make little sense.
There are many aspects of this, the two mentioned below are both related to the "extreme purity" as emphasized in the OPCW lab reports:
(i) This Novichok (A-234) is listed as binary agent; this concept is used mainly for two purposes: the original components are much less toxic and the resulting agent (synthesist of the two components) may not be stable enough for storage. Therefore, to achieve this extreme purity, the two ingredients would have to be reacted in extremely controlled environment (elite lab, such as in Porton Down and a few others throughout the world).
Any highly active chemical would show signs of decomposition = impurities in a very few days (e.g. VX is one of the most persistent nerve agents yet still exhibits decay within a couple of days from application), let alone more than two weeks (17 days when the OPCW personnel took the "samples"). Make your own conclusion…
(ii) Extreme purity of a chemical also means — it is untraceable. Therefore pointing to Russia as a certain source is a nonsense sell-able only to unknowing audience and, again, there are still fewer labs (among them in Sweden, former Czechoslovakia, all four labs involved in testing of the Salisbury samples and a few more; and surely the mentioned Porton Down) capable of producing anything in the recognized purity.
As said, there are many disturbing aspects of the whole affair, but the most important part of it was achieved: Propaganda!
Bottom line: that it came from Porton is just an unevidenced assertion. JaKo also makes a number of unevidenced assertions about the nature of the substance. If the events were as described by the British authorities, none of that can be true. It must have had long life.
In the end we on the outside have to pick between two versions. One is the one which the British authorities have stated. In this version two GRU operatives make a flying visit to the UK, they take two train trips to Salisbury and on the last one they plant the substance and throw away the perfume bottle still containing some, where it is then found and causes the death of a woman who sprays it on herself. In this story there's documentary evidence of flight plans, travel documents, CTV footage, and evidence linking the two to GRU facilities. The evidence of site contamination is partly analysis, partly from examination of the victims, including one of the attending police officers.
In the other version, MI5 decides to mount a propaganda coup. It gets some of the material from Porton Down, smears it on the doorknob. Or in some of the wilder theories, it doesn't even do that, the illness and the screening off and decontamination of the area are all a show. I don't know how the theories account for the finding of the spray container. Perhaps they knew the guy looked in dumpsters and carefully planted it for him to find? Perhaps this too was faked and the guy who is supposed to have found it was a co-conspirator. Perhaps his partner is not dead at all, but has been given a new identity?
The two Russians were on this account genuine tourists on a flying two day trip to see the famous Salisbury cathedral in which they had developed a deep interest. The documents linking them to the GRU were faked. The Skripals? Well, they most likely were necessary casualties or their illnesses were faked too with the collaboration of the local hospital. The Russians' hotel rooms either never had traces of the substance, or it was planted.
Take your choice. In JaKo's account the Russian denials are entirely trustworthy, an estimable and truthful regime falsely accused by a rogue intelligence service, or maybe an intelligence service instructed by a rogue government, seeking to reignite the Cold War.
In the authorities' account, an authoritarian state with an intolerance for dissent decides to take out a defector in one of a sequence of cases involving rather odd choices of poison, the most recent similar one being the polonium poisoning. In JaKo's version, this too would have been a massive fake.
I know where I think the balance of probability and credibility lies, and ts not with Russia. I do not think our governments and agencies are paragons of virtue. But they are a lot better than the Russian ones, and given the two opposing accounts, its pretty obvious which is the most credible.
Allon Delione
Hey Fabius, quit carrying water for Russia's propaganda ops. Moscow loves it when Westerners pretend that Russia is innocent.
"Moscow loves it when Westerners pretend that Russia is innocent.'
Congrats on the most delusional comment in a while! Try replying to quotes rather than what the voices in your head say.


I love these RSA animations & I love the Brain Pickings newsletter that found me this. If you don't know, Brain Pickings is the best curated interestingness compilation on the internet, in my opinion.
This piece of interestingness, is the science behind why mo' money does not lead to better outcomes.
It applies to corporations, employees & small businesses - In particular I'd like to point out how it applies to doctors in a fee-for-service (or membership-based) model.
When it comes to cognitive performance (let's say diagnostics or coming up with useful, individualized health solutions), the more money that is placed in front of the doctor as a motivator, the worse they perform.
The worse they perform. If you don't believe me watch the video.
Medicine is not a physical task, it is a purpose driven, cognitive & emotional career. We fit perfectly into the data set mentioned in the animation.
Increasing the reward ($$ per patient) does not help a physician treat better, though it may fatten wallets, and allow a higher social status. Financial freedom is not a bad thing, but given this evidence, we are using an ineffective method to match great work with financial gain.
When it comes to career, passion, sense of identity and pride, if money is the dangling carrot, we not only feel but act like puppets rather than self-directed individuals. We actually lose our cognitive spark and we just don't create great results.
We are purpose-maximizers, not profit-maximizers.
To build ongoing, honest and caring relationships between patients and doctors, so defences are down, liability is softened and everyone feels safe when a doctor makes a recommendation. This type of relationship allows space to come up with innovative solutions that are individualized, prioritized, and possibly even researched on their time off. In privatized care, this ongoing care is only available to those with disposable income.
To not have a governmental system breathing down their neck, with quotas and stats and coding and billing. Privatized care has this part down pat. This overbearing type of accounting takes away freedom to do what the physician may think is best - which might be an un-billable service. To put the autonomy back in the physician's hand, we need to build trust and accountability between the patient and the physician.
- we love the opportunity, in fact we will give up many hours of other opportunities, to spend time getting better at something we are passionate about. Call it obsession, call it dedication, call it what you will - but if you love something, you will irrationally pour your unpaid hours into it. As doctors, if a case is not tied to a $$ sum per person, they would put in the amount of time it takes to learn about the case. Sometimes it could take a few minutes, sometimes, it could take days of research, depending on individual mastery of a topic. If we stop looking at physicians as workhorses, using amount of time spent on a patient as an indicator of care - and start allowing physicians to master the art of case care, we get great care in 7 minutes or 30 minutes or 60 minutes. This is what specialists are given space for. Why can't we create that space for general family practice?
- This is the "why" of life. Why we want to do the work we do. Too often, medical students come into their educations with a huge sense of purpose - and as they get shuffled through the system, they realize that with the current model, they are not going to make a living unless they prioritize quantity and bill-ables per patient. This exists in both privatized and public healthcare. The profit incentive model has made us lose focus of our purpose. "When profit is unmoored from purpose, bad things happen." Ethics starts to slide down slippery slopes, competition becomes catty rather than inspirational, and medicine becomes a product on the market.
The best use of money as a motivator is to pay people enough to take the issue of money off the table...so that they are thinking about the work.
In my interpretation, if we can pay our doctors enough to feel secure, sustainable & supported, patients will get better care, and we will all feel better.
Change is not low-cost health care - it takes the issue of money away from the visit. Your doctor may be more creative than they thought possible. Why? Because if you've never had the wings, you've never thought you could fly. Change is a set of wings for your doctor. The more they soar, the more you soar.
Are you convinced? Change is the future of medicine. It allows for doctors to be autonomous, to master the art they love and to feel the purpose of teaching and healing, unattached to a financial transaction, without financial losses. Sign up with a Change practitioner today. It's really the best way for more people to get high-quality care.


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Al-Qaida-linked group claims responsibility for suicide truck bombing
An al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing that killed nine U.S. paratroopers in the worst attack on American ground forces in Iraq in more than a year.
The Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella group of Sunni militants that includes al-Qaida in Iraq, said it was behind Monday's double attack on a U.S. patrol base in Diyala province northeast of Baghdad an area that has seen violence spike since American troops surged into the capital to halt violence there. The U.S. military only confirmed one truck bombing.
"The first knight exploded his truck on them and he was followed by his brother in the second truck, exploding it on what remains from the soldiers inside the headquarters," said the statement, posted on a militant Web site.
The victims were all members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, said a spokesman for the Fort Bragg, N.C.-based unit. It was the highest number of casualties for the division since the war began, Maj. Tom Earnhardt said.
"We are recovering, supporting the families during this time of loss, praying for them and continuing our mission," said Lt. Col. Michael Donnelly, the U.S. military spokesman in northern Iraq. "The enemy brings nothing to benefit the people _ nothing."
In its Web posting Tuesday, the Islamic State of Iraq, an insurgent umbrella group that includes al-Qaida, put the number of Americans killed at 30.
"Almighty God has guided the soldiers of the Islamic State of Iraq to new methods of explosions," it said without elaborating. The message appeared on a Web site that frequently airs communications from militants, but its authenticity could not be independently confirmed.
It was single deadliest attack on ground forces since Dec. 1, 2005, when a roadside bomb killed 10 Marines and wounded 11 on a foot patrol near Fallujah. Twelve soldiers died when a Black Hawk helicopter crashed in Diyala on Jan. 20. The military said it might have been shot down but the investigation is still ongoing.
The use of a suicide bomber in a direct assault against U.S. forces was unusual. Militants, seeking to avoid American firepower, have mostly used hit-and-run ambushes, roadside bombs or mortars on U.S. troops.
On Feb. 19, insurgents struck a U.S. combat post in Tarmiyah, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, killing two soldiers and wounding 17 in what the military called a "coordinated attack." It began with a suicide car bombing followed by gunfire on soldiers pinned down in a former Iraqi police station where fuel storage tanks were set ablaze by the blast.
American troops are facing increasing danger as they step up their presence in outposts and police stations in Baghdad and areas surrounding the city, as part of the security crackdown to which U.S. President George W. Bush has committed an extra 30,000 troops.
Sunni militants are believed to have withdrawn to surrounding areas such as Diyala where they have safe haven. The U.S. command also deployed an extra 700 soldiers to the province last month.
According to a senior Pentagon official, Monday's attack involved suicide bombers in two large dump trucks. One of the trucks got very close to the Sadah patrol base building, and the other one was a bit further away, the official said, adding that at least some of the casualties may have been caused by the collapse of two walls of the structure.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information has not yet been released, also said that 15 of the 20 troops who were injured have returned to duty.
In telephone interviews, residents of the Ameen area south of Baqouba on Tuesday described what they believed was the same attack that killed the nine soldiers, though the U.S. military did not confirm the accounts. They spoke on condition of anonymity out of fear for their safety.
The residents said gunmen first fired on American snipers at a U.S. base housed in an old Iraqi primary school, then a suicide car bomb rammed a checkpoint at the school's entrance, breaking through blast walls and other fortifications. The first explosion left a path for a second suicide vehicle, a truck, to approach the building, the witnesses said.
Several American soldiers were caught beneath the building as it collapsed in the explosion, the residents said.
Another U.S. soldier was also killed Monday in a roadside bombing in Diyala, the military said _ bringing the daily American death toll to 10. A British soldier was also shot to death while on patrol in the southern city of Basra, officials said.
The deaths raised to 85 the number of U.S. service members who died have in Iraq in April, making it the deadliest month for American troops since December, when 112 died.
Police in the same province as the attack on the U.S. base said gunmen disguised as Iraqi soldiers killed six Iraqis and burned five homes Tuesday in an unrelated attack. South of the capital, a family of seven was shot to death in their beds at dawn by masked gunmen, neighbors and police said.
On the outskirts of Ramadi, the capitalof Anbar province, a suicide truck bomb exploded at a police checkpoint on the outskirts of Ramadi city on Tuesday, killing 15 people, police said.
And in Baghdad, two bombs went off outside the Iranian Embassy on Tuesday for the second consecutive day. Six civilians were injured, police said. Tension has risen over allegations by the U.S. and some Sunni politicians in Iraq about alleged Iranian interference in the country.
British forces transferred another military base to Iraqi troops in Basra in the country's south, ahead of the planned withdrawal this summer of about half of Britain's contribution to the U.S.-led coalition here. Two other British bases al-Saie and Shatt al-Arab were turned over to Iraqi forces in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, in the past month.
The bulk of Britain's about 7,500 soldiers in the city will now operate from a base at Basra's main airport.
In other violence Tuesday, two mortar rounds hit a market in southern Baghdad, killing ten people and wounding 16 others, including women and children, police said.


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We can only hope to defeat the insidious effects of the lies perpetrated by men of deceit by the bright light of truth.
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UN holds solidarity event with Palestinians on anniversary of recognizing Israeli statehood
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The pro-Palestinian conference on "Solidarity with the Palestinian People" was held in the United Nations General Assembly on Monday.
On the 74th anniversary of the United Nations decision to recognize the Jewish People's right to statehood and the partition Plan on November 29, the UN held only a solidarity event with Palestinians while ignoring the founding of Israel and the history of massacres and expulsions of 850,000 Jews from Arab Countries and Iran.
The pro-Palestinian conference on "Solidarity with the Palestinian People" was held in the United Nations General Assembly on Monday. The conference, intended to strengthen support for the Palestinians "right of return," was attended by the President of the GA, the President of the Security Council Juan Ramón de la Fuente Ramírez of Mexico, the Palestinian Authority's Ambassador to the UN, and representatives of Palestinian civil society.
Israel's Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan, in cooperation with the World Jewish Congress, held a protest in response to the conference and attacked the UN's "blatant disregard of the massacres and expulsions of Jews from Arab countries and Iran."
As part of the campaign, trucks bearing signs arrived at the UN headquarters and showed those entering the building pictures of Jewish refugees who were expelled from Arab countries and Iran, along with a demand to stop erasing Jewish history.
On November 29 1947, the UN recognized the Jewish people's right to a state. The Jews accepted the partition plan and the Arab countries rejected it and attacked Israel. At the same time, they persecuted, massacred, and ultimately expelled the Jewish communities in their own countries.
"Shockingly, this atrocity is completely ignored by the UN. Instead, the UN has the audacity to hold a solidarity event for the Palestinians on the anniversary of the Palestinians own decision to choose violence," Erdan said at the protest. "And on the day that the Palestinians chose violence, the UN also dares to advance the outrageous, the false 'demand of return,' a demand that would lead to the total obliteration of the Jewish state."
"By advancing and amplifying on the one side the false and dangerous narrative of the Palestinians and by silencing, the true stories, the tragic stories of the Jewish refugees who were expelled from the Arab countries and from Iran, the UN is erasing Jewish history and distorting the truth and we will never allow this to happen," he stated.
"We are here today to tell the UN and the international community that our story will never be silenced and our history never erased," the Israeli envoy declared.
On Iran's nuclear aspirations, Erdan said that the international community resumed negotiations with Iran, "the world's number one sponsor of terror, negotiations that might endanger the future of the Jewish state. Israel cannot accept a fundamentally flawed deal that only delays a nuclear Iran by kicking the can down the road. We believe that joining the old Iran deal is a grave mistake that would lead to a nuclear Iran."
The trucks with the signs traveled to major sites in New York City throughout the day and will continue to do so in the coming weeks.
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Besides that, they'd had money. Greg worked for his dad's construction company and even though it wasn't technically theirs, they'd lived in a house provided by his dad and drove a truck the company owned. No one at the reunion knew it didn't belong to them. It had been wonderful to have everyone envy her still. Her life had been a little empty. It was sort of boring to be a mother and she was not cut out for housework so it was nice to be Brandi, the cute popular girl, again. If only for a weekend.
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On Friday the news of a certain study was making the Internet rounds, pleasing an array of people who seemed to take it as support that all this "feminism" and "gender equality" stuff was a bunch of bunk, that women should really be in the kitchen, doing housework, if they expected their marriages to remain marriages and not head toward divorce post-haste.
On Friday the news of a certain study was making the Internet rounds, pleasing certain people who seemed to take it as support that all this "feminism" and "gender equality" stuff was a bunch of bunk, that women should really be in the kitchen or maybe vacuuming the living room if they expected their marriages to remain marriages and not head toward divorce post-haste. I pointed out then that this study, or at least, the way it was being headlined in much of the media, seemed dubious and was probably not the whole story. You can read more about the reasons why in that piece.
Also in that piece, I mentioned that I'd gotten in touch with the lead author on the study, Thomas Hansen, to find out more. He responded over the weekend to some questions, and sent along the study itself, most of which is in Norwegian (the English summary begins on page 223). Hansen told us, as for the media-presumed causality between household chore sharing and divorce rates, "I primarily think that there is no causal relationship," and instead says that people have adopted more modern perspectives "in terms of household division as well as in their views on marriage and divorce (among other things)."
"Housework is divided more equally in younger than in older age-cohorts, which suggests a more egalitarian division of housework in later generations."
"The household chores are also divided more equally if the woman works full-time than if she is unemployed or works part-time."
"Yet, even when she works full-time, in 65 percent of the couples aged 30-49 she tends to do more housework than him. Socioeconomic status influences the division of housework, and it is her more than his education, income, and occupational class that are influential. The higher socioeconomic status (both genders), the more likely it is that housework is divided equally. We find the same pattern for childcare. We find marked differences between regions and between urban and rural areas. The most egalitarian division of housework is found in urban areas..."
"At present, most Norwegians hold a favourable attitude towards gender equality, and women more so than men. Most 'traditionalists' are men. The few women that hold a negative attitude are mostly older or low educated women."
"Both genders report the highest satisfaction with the division of housework when the housework is divided equally, and the lowest when they themselves do most of this work."
"95 percent of women and men are satisfied when there is an equal division, 60 percent of women are satisfied when they do almost all of the housework, and 84 percent of men are satisfied when they do the most. Women also report somewhat less relationship satisfaction when they do all or almost all of the housework: 76 percent are satisfied when they do (almost) all, 89 percent when they share."
In this chapter we ask whether an egalitarian division of housework promotes marital stability ... On the contrary, the risk of divorce (over a period of 4 years) is higher when he does as much or more housework than her, compared to when she does most of the housework ... We discuss possible reasons for the greater risk of divorce in untraditional couples. Differences in values and attitudes are a likely cause: in traditional couples where she does most of the housework, both partners may tend to hold a high value of marriage and a more traditional attitude towards divorce. Untraditional couples, where he does the most of the housework, may hold a less traditional or more modern view about marriage, whereby marital dissatisfaction more easily leads to marital break-up. If so, the division of housework is no "cause" of later divorce.
Hansen reiterated the commonly expressed view that modern, well-educated women are less financially dependent on husbands, and can more easily leave unhappy marriages; he agreed that the trend of women typically initiating divorce is one that's shared in Norway, too. "Having said that," he adds, "there MAY be beneficial (in terms of marital stability) aspects of a traditional marriage. Having clear and separate roles at home may lead to less argumentation over housework."
What isn't being highlighted in all this chore-sharing talk is something else, however. The old views of marriage are, quite simply, changing, and sharing housework is more likely representative of that rather than causal to any split. He says, "I think gender equality will continue to grow in Norway. We are leading internationally in terms of attitudes toward gender equality and practice" including chore-sharing at home and men being more involved. "Two facts suggest even more gender equality in the future," he says. "First, younger generations are more gender equal than older ones. Second, gender equality is strongly linked with the woman's educational level (and social class more generally). The fact that new generations of women are far better educated than older ones suggest a movement toward (even) more gender equality at home. Women especially are the happiest with their relationship when housework and childcare is divided equally. For this reason (and for a number of other reasons, related to gender equality outside of the home, and moral/normative issues), I recommend continued emphasis on gender equality in social policy, for example." He adds, though, that it's all up to us as individuals (coupled or not) to find our own happiness: "it seems that most couples find a balance at home that suits them, and with which they are content."
Over the weekend, there was a piece in The New York Times talking about, again, the ways that we may attempt to do marriage differently to suit our contemporary lives and needs. It's worth a read, whether you buy into the idea of a short-term marriage contract or not (and I don't think this is the answer, for the record) because, clearly, we're going to keep talking about this and keep figuring things out along the way. When it comes to the studies, though, let's remember to consider our sources and learn as much as we can before buying into any headline whole cloth. Also, take turns doing the laundry; nobody wants to fold the socks all the time.
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Q: Is it possible to convert gravitational energy directly into electrical energy? It is possible to produce strong gravitational accelerations on the free electrons of a conductor in order to obtain electrical current. This allows the conversion of gravitational energy directly into electrical energy.
Considering that there is formal analogy between gravitational theory and electromagnetic theory, then it seems like that such a proposition is possible, at least theoretically.
And if it is indeed possible to convert gravitational energy into electrical energy, will it imply potential destruction of natural gravitational field?

A: Suppose you have a charged parallel plate capacitor, with fixed equal and opposite charges on the plates. Both plates are parallel to the ground (i.e. perpendicular to the gravitational field). The upper plate is fixed, and the lower plate can be released to fall a certain distance under the influence of gravity. You release the lower plate, and the plate spacing gets bigger as it falls. Neglecting fringe fields, the electric field between the capacitor plates stays the same, but now occupies a greater volume, so more energy is stored in the electric field. You have converted gravitational potential energy directly into electrical energy. You have not destroyed the gravitational field in the process.

A: Electromagnetic interaction is about $10^{35}$ times stronger than gravitational interaction, which is why e.g. a television cathode ray tube (yes, I'm old) would work all the same on the Moon as on Earth, even though the Moon's gravitation on the surface is only a fraction of the Earth's. The electrons are so fast that they have left the apparatus before they even notice they are in a gravity well: At 3000V in a  CRT they are apparently accelerated to 1/10 c, or 30,000,000 m/s, giving them 33 nanoseconds or so within a 1 m CRT. During that time they fall $s = 1/2 a t^2 = 1/2 * 9.81m/s^2 * (33*10^{-9}s)^2 \approx 5.3*10^{-15}m$.
Electrons are also very light, hundreds of times lighter than the neutrons and protons, and therefore are heavily accelerated by electric fields but don't gain much energy from gravitational fields. Even the capacitor experiment suggested by Puk doesn't use the gravitational force on the electrons (much) — those would go wherever the electrostatic field wants them to. Instead, he converted the gravitational energy of the much heavier protons and neutrons. It is also noteworthy that the vast majority of atoms in a normal metal plate capacitor is electrically neutral. The charge is measured in Coulomb, which is $6.24*10^{18}$ electrons, as opposed to about $10^{25}$ atoms in a kg of copper. At a charge of 1 Coulomb in a one kg capacitor there are about a million neutral copper atoms before you are finding a lacking or excess electron. If all of the atoms were ionized the electrostatic force would be much stronger than the gravitation.

A: If you have two objects that are charged with the same polarity, but the electrical force between them is slightly less than the gravitational pull, then they will accelerate towards each other, but this acceleration will be partially counteracted by the repulsion between them. The gravitational field goes work on the objects, the objects do work on the electrical field, and so part of the gravitational potential energy is converted to electrical potential energy.

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